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As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.

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City of Ideas

TBF Top Research of 2025

In a year that challenged assumptions and stretched resources across several areas, this is the most widely read research produced in 2025 by Boston Indicators and the Boston Foundation in collaboration with our research partners.

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City of Ideas

We Know It’s Hot. Why Study Heat?

Though it's winter that approaches, heat is on our mind. TBF's Senior Program Officer for Climate shares reflections from a conversation with environmental health expert M. Patricia Fabian, Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Associate Director of the Institute for Global Sustainability at Boston University.

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TBF in the Media

In the Media

Operación Mesa Llena: la respuesta de la comunidad latina de Boston al recorte de SNAP

El Planeta reports on the Latino Equity Fund's efforts to rapidly respond to vulnerable families in Boston, Operación Mesa Llena, which raised $100,000 in collaboration with TBF's Food, Fuel, and Shelter Fund and a match by Stop and Compare Markets to provide gift cards for 667 families Chelsea, East Boston and Lynn through trusted community partners.

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The Latest Reports

Report

Forward Together: The 2025 Annual Report

As Greater Boston’s community foundation, we are undeterred from our commitment to bring people and resources together to build a thriving and equitable future for our region. Forward Together, TBF's 2025 Annual Report, reflects what's possible when we move forward together and highlights how our collective work comes to life.

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Report

A Massachusetts Model for Medicaid Work Requirements

The new report from Boston Indicators and the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Lifeexplores the potential impact of new Medicaid work and eligibility requirements on the program, and lays out strategies for a new model that helps minimize the number of Mass. residents losing coverage.

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Newsletters

TBF News Fall 2025
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TBF News: Fall 2025

Across every community and area of need, nonprofit leaders see their work being made more difficult while demand for their services rises. Such findings inform our actions to meet this moment, some of which we cover in this edition of TBF News.

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